Elevating means for hides.



C. E. DAUBER, SR.

ELEVATING MEANS FOB HIDES. APPLicATloN FILED Nov.5,1917.

Patented May14,1918.

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ELEVATING MEANS FOR HIDES.

Application led November 5, 1917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I. CHARLES EDWARD Dannnn, Sr., otl Johnsonburg,Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inElevating Means for Hides, ot' which the. following is a speciication.

My invention is designed to permit of the ready handling of hides inconnection with the tanning vats, it being my object to render itunnecessary to litt the hides independently but to handle them in stackswith the ease and facility that a single hide is handled under thepresent practice.

In carrying out my invention l use one or two standards at each end ofthe vat which are so constructed as to be removably held in place, eachstandard carrying a hook which supports a cord or rope passing aroundthe stack of hides and the hook is vertically movable through meansadapted to be actuated step by step to elefate the hides `gradually outof the vats.

l have shown my invention in the accompanying drawing in which- Figure'l shows the standard and operating means as it faces the vat.

.F ig. 2 is a side elevation of l, and

Fig. $5 a plan view of Fig. 1.

lach standard is composed of four angle plates o spaced apart as shownin F ig. l by a bottoni channeled plate ZJ and a spacing block ocentrally of the angle plates while the upper ends are kept apart by awood insert piece fl, suitable bolts also securing the parts together.As shown in Fig. 2 the angle plates are supported in the oppositedirection likewise by the channeled plate b and the wood insert d. Theangle plates are provided with racks or teeth e, these being arranged onparallel edges as shown in Fig. 1 and on opposite sides of the standardas shown in Fig. '2. The hooks are shown at f for receiving the ropeswhich pass under and around the hides and these hooks have a suitableconnection g to a yoke h and between the yoke there is fitted a rollerz, a bolt passing through these parts and securing them to hangers 7c.These hangers as shown in Fig. l pass around the racks and inwardly intothe space between them where they nd a support upon a bolt Z the outerends of Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 14, 1918.

Serial No. 200,440.

which are supported in a biuroated lever m. This lever carries pawls nengaging the racks e and each pawl is provided with a handle 0 forlifting the same. The hook with its supporting parts is thus lifted bymanipulating the handle p of the bifurcated lever which causes the pawlsto rise by engaging the racks, it being understood that there is astandard at each end of the vat with its corresponding lever andoperating means. `When it is desired to lower the hook and itssupporting parts the one pawl is lifted by its handle out of engagementwith the racks and lowered to the tooth beneath it and then the oppositepawl is operated in the same way, or the two pawls may be lifted out ofengagement at once and the handle lowered to its bottom position. Itwill be observed that the standard is provided with two V-shapedprojections g on its end and these may be forced into the wood of thevat and found sutiicient to hold the standard in place. The wood insertprojects above the angle plates at the top ot the standard and this maybe inserted in a socket or supported in any suitable manner to hold thestandard iirmly in place.

ln this simple manner great lifting power is secured with a minimumexpenditure of torce on the part of the operator and a stack of hidescan be readily elevated out of the vat.

What I claim is -l. In combination a standard comprising four angleplates secured together and disposed around a central point in spacedrelation and with their flanges directed outwardly, a lifting handlelocated in the spaces extending between the angle plates in onedirection, teeth formed on four edges of the angle plates, the otherfour edges being plain, the toothed edges being parallel to and adjacentto the handle pawls carried by the handle engaging said teeth, a rollerbearing on the plain edges of the angle plates and a hanger supportingthe roller7 substantially as described.

2. In combination a standard comprising tour angle plates securedtogether and disposed around a central point in spaced relation and withtheir flanges directed out* wai-elly, a lifting handle located inthespaces ported from the handle at a point between extending between theangle plates in one the plates and eairying on its lowef end andirection, teeth formed on four edges of the axle which suppors a rollerand a hook, subl0 angle plates, the other foul' edges being Stantiallyas described.

plain, the Jtoothed ec ges being parallel to and In testimony whereof, Iailix my signature.

adjacent to the handle pawls Carried by the Y handle eng-aging Saidteeth, a hanger sup- CHARLES EDVVRD DAUBER, SR.

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